Re: my heart hurts
Hello riseabove22,
what is perceived as heart pain can be caused by intestinal gas creating pressure in that area of your chest, plus a number of other causes, but I would concur with Fonty and seek professional advice if the symptoms continue unabated.
"The recovery of the heart from serious impairment during a fast ( I have had complete and permanent recoveries in what were thought to be incurable organic heart affections), proves that the added rest the fast affords the heart and the general renovation of the body, enable it to repair itself.
Dr. Eales says: "Instead of the heart growing weak during a fast it grows stronger every hour as the load it has been carrying is lessened." High blood pressure is invariably lowered and this removes a heavy load from the heart."
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch7.htm
Perhaps you could be more specific about those symptoms and let us know what they are, for example your resting heart rate and blood pressure, palpitations if they occur and so on. Have you over-exerted yourself physically thru exercise?
Hair loss is not unheard of but does occur in some cases, and as Fonty has said will normally grow back with the resumption of eating post-fast.
Regards
Chrisb1.